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S. A. EARLY.

H HAIR GURLER.

No. 66,476n l Patented July 9, 1867.

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Leiters Patent No. 66,476, dated July 9, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAIR-GURLBRS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, SALLIE ANN EARLY, oii Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a'Hair-Curler; an I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and erm-ct description of t'he same. i

'My invention consists of a curved bar, of wood or other light material, and a retaining-wire, hinged to one end of the bar, and having a bent end fitted to a slot in the opposite end of the same, all substantially'as described hereafter,.tbe whole forming a cheap, simple, and light hair-curler, which accommodates itself to the wearershead, and which-is less prominent and muchmore comfortable than an ordinary curl-paper.

In order to enable others to make and use my invention, I will new proceed to describe the mode of constructingand using tbe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in whichi Figure 1 is a front view of my improved hair-cu'rler.V

Figure 2, the same, partly in section, with the retaining-wire closed.

Figure 8, an edge view; and

Figure 4,atransverse section. l

A is a curved bar of wood or other light material, and is rounded at tbe four'corne'rs, as illustrated in the transverse section, fig. 4. To one end of this curved bar is hinged a wire, B,-the bcnten'd b ofwhich is arranged to fit snugly and somewhat tightly in, but so as to be withdrawn by a slight efi'ort from a slot,f, in the opposite end of the bar A.A I

In using the implement the retaining-wire B is first moved backto lthe position seen in iig. 1, when a lock oi' hair, I)is twisted round the bar by turningthe latter between the fingers and thumbs of both hands. When the lock of hair has been coiled toA the desired extent round the bar the retaining-wire B is moved to the position shown -in ig. 2,'the body of the wire bearing against the coil, and its bent end being pressed into the slot at the outer end of the bar, thereby eonining the coil.

The object of .curving the bar is that there mayfbe between its concave edge and the straight or slightly bent retaining-wire an opening suicient to admit the'coil of hair, and the size of this opening may beincreased or diminished at pleasure by bending the body ofy the wire inwards or outwards.

One of the advantages of the implement is that while it electually retains the hair in its coiled condition it accommodates itself to the wearers head, and is less prominent and much less unsightly than an ordinary curl-paper. Another advantage is that the coil of hair can/Lbe released from the instrument by simply throwing back the wire and turning the bar, or permitting the hair to uncoil itself.

I claim as lmy invention,v and desire to secure by Letters Patentl The within-described haineux-ler, composed of the curved bar A, of wood-or other light material, and the retaining-wire B, hinged to one-end of the said bar, and having a bent end fitted to a slot. inthe opposite end of the bar, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification initlle presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SALLIE ANN EARLY.

Witnesses:

H. Howsos, JOHN WHITE. 

